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Mucus is a slimy secretion that is constantly produced by virtually the entire gastrointestinal tract. Special cells are responsible for producing the mucus secretions, which coat the gastric and intestinal membranes. Mucus helps not only to protect the sensitive lining of the stomach and intestines against the strong acids that digest our food, but it also helps food slide more easily through our guts. The reason we don’t normally see it is because the mucus becomes bound up with faecal waste matter, becoming invisible in the process.